Shia Muslims recently held protests against Nimra Killing in Saudi
Arabia at old city of Lucknow. (Source: Express file photo by Vishal
Srivastav)

Shia Muslims recently held protests against Nimra Killing in Saudi
Arabia at old city of Lucknow. (Source: Express file photo by Vishal
Srivastav)Amid ongoing protests by the Shia sect over execution of
cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia, prominent Sunni clerics
including chairman of All India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulana Rabey
Hasan Nadwi and Rector of Islamic seminary Darul Uloom-Deoband Maulana
Abul Qasim Nomani will address a convention in support of Saudi
government in Lucknow on January 27.
Organised by ‘Majlis Tahaffuz-e-Namoosa-e-Sahaba’, the convention is
being held to defend Saudi Arab and expose the alleged “conspiracy
against holy shrines” at Mecca and Medina.

“There is a conspiracy against our holy shrines. Saudi King Shah
Salman is Khadim of holy shrines. His picture was defaced and Saudi
Arab’s flag burnt during recent protests in Lucknow. We have high
regards for Saudi Arabia and its King. We are against such mentality
that is against the Saudi Arabia. We will make the Muslim community
aware of the conspiracy and expose the people behind it,” Maulana Abdul
Aleem Farooqui, president, Majlis Tahaffuz-e-Namoosa-e-Sahaba told The Indian Express.
The convention will be held at Maulana Shakoor Hall in the old city.
Clerics from other states too are expected to attend the event.
Recently, there have been several protests against Saudi Arab in Uttar Pradesh against the hanging of Shia cleric Nimr.
“There is conspiracy by some to paint wrong picture of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi embassy was attacked in Teheran, which comes under terror
activity. We want to expose people who are against Saudi and our holy
shrines in mecca and Median. We will not tolerate any words against
Saudi King Salman and our shrines,” Farooqui said.
Farooqui, also the general secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and
member of Majlis-e-Shura, the apex body of Deoband seminary, said,
“Besides Maulana Nomani and Maulana Rabey Hasan Nadwi (who is also
Rector of Lucknow-based Nadwatul Uloom), Maulana Ahmed Buzurg of Gujarat
and several other clerics have confirmed their participation in the
conference”.
Imam of Lucknow’s Aishbagh Eidgah, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi
Mahli has been entrusted with the responsibility for making arrangements
for clerics attending the convention.

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